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Re: So sad about the drowned apple trees!
Well Ciel I think they would be cheaper to import. I somehow can't hack them like lettuce grown in a pellet of whatever just sucking nutriments from a trough. You may be made of stronger stuff. No Koala, ha, ha.
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C_C_T
on March 29, 2014 at 12:36 AM
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Re: It must not be all that wet in the Seattle area in western Washington
I suppose it depends on the ground Pat good draining soil could cope .
posted by
C_C_T
on March 29, 2014 at 12:31 AM
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Yes Pat one sees folk picking blackberries etc from hedgerows . It is not so bad now the petrol is lead free. Not very nice though all the dust and detritus swirling around. No I don't go a a lot on beetroot, just grow a few to give away.
posted by
C_C_T
on March 29, 2014 at 12:29 AM
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The growing season changes and the flora has to catch up FS.
posted by
C_C_T
on March 29, 2014 at 12:22 AM
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Re: Naut
Well it is a kind of broccoli but more like calabrese with sprouting spears. Naut. Try some when you see it in the supermarket look for fresh green smaller stems. I grow it under nets to stop the butterflies.
posted by
C_C_T
on March 29, 2014 at 12:20 AM
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Re: A
No he keeps on moaning, A. One has to ignore it or one would hit him on the head with a shovel.
posted by
C_C_T
on March 29, 2014 at 12:14 AM
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CCT
Too bad about the cider - I remember having some the last time I was over there, and I loved it. Try to roast young beets with a few other veggies, and sprinkle with EVO and a bit of balsamic vinegar - you'll like it! I had to look up tender-stem - we call that stuff broccoli...
posted by
Nautikos
on March 28, 2014 at 6:32 PM
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I remember back in 2012, some crops did not grow well because we had received an early spring
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on March 28, 2014 at 5:08 PM
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It must not be all that wet in the Seattle area in western Washington
state, even with an average rainfall of 60-70 inches, because it's a major apple and fruit-growing area. I hate to hear of yours being drowned out.
posted by
Pat_B
on March 28, 2014 at 4:10 PM
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You're right about food grown too close to the highway: lots of auto exaust emissions and tossed out cigarette butts, garbage, etc. - unless Brit motorists are much neater than those in the U.S. Since I eat beats only about once a year, I'd never go to the work of planting cultivating harvesting.
posted by
Pat_B
on March 28, 2014 at 4:09 PM
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So sad about the drowned apple trees!
I wonder, could they be grown hydroponically?
posted by
Ciel
on March 28, 2014 at 12:13 PM
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archie seems like once he gets an idea...it just never goes away!
posted by
Annicita
on March 28, 2014 at 11:26 AM
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